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BMW Z4
Ash you are a little demon on track ehh
Nice meeting you too buddy, good luck with the night race..
TrackCar & F30 330d
Yes I thought that about the wiper motor and will order a new one today. I'm working on a faster gear change
When are you back?? Be good to see you and do the chinky thing, ahh old times...
Yeah i watched all 50 mins of the Video (i have a lot of time on my hands) Deffently improved since the first video i saw.
I fly back on the 21st of December. We'll sort something out for the new year
Or if you hurry up and get board of the Clio then we can build a new race car
BMW Z4
Yeah i watched all 50 mins of the Video (i have a lot of time on my hands) Deffently improved since the first video i saw.
I fly back on the 21st of December. We'll sort something out for the new year
I'd like to build a V6 Clio for racing as I love the shape
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
I'd like to build a V6 Clio for racing as I love the shape
you've got another pair of hands here willing to help as i am now localish.....
BMW Z4
Do you think a V6 would make a competitive race car? I heard they did not hadle to well? LOVE the look of them mind...
Golf GTD Mk7
I doubt it as Renault didn't bother iirc. Only v6 racing was with the "megane". Although they were just a space frame to look like a megane
BMW Z4
The rally car does well though
TrackCar & F30 330d
Not building another bloody Clio!! haha!! Would be quite cool to the Throttle Body the V6 though!! Braaaawwww
I would assume you would want to move upwards in terms of racing class. Like VW Racing Cup so could build a Scirocco R or something like the BMW Racing Drivers Club and build an M3 or something! Your the Boss
Did the little bump with the Seat cause any damage to the wheel/wing/bumper?
182cup & 172 racecar
A guy in Hungary raced a V6, some rich dentist, never did more than 6-7 laps lol. Thing was a beast when going though.
BMW Z4
They look awesome and sound awesome but I heard they don't handle well. They grip and then let go and spin although that might be the Mk1 one and the Mk2 was better apparently. I think with good suspension and setup it should be ok though and then you just need to make it reliable which is down to build and prep I guess..
I remember watching one at Harewood hillclimb the other year and it didn't even complete one full run all day just kept spinning off lol!
BMW Z4
Perhaps better the put the maxi kit on then
In saying that I LOVE a challenge and I would make it work and handle LOL. NO car can be THAT bad!
Haha I think it's all to do with the wheelbase length to the track width so have fun with that No but in all seriousness there were the Clio v6 trophy which had a race series I think and they didn't always fall off the track! Would be an interesting project but still I think £ for £ wouldn't be as quick as yours
No but in all seriousness there were the Clio v6 trophy which had a race series I think and they didn't always fall off the track! Would be an interesting project but still I think £ for £ wouldn't be as quick as yours
BMW Z4
Haha I think it's all to do with the wheelbase length to the track width so have fun with that
It would look better and that is all that matters
Haha, wouldn't look as good when its in a gravel trap though
RB 182
If you did go down that route, Fred has a full set of Jenveys and fancy carbon box he used to run on his V6
shiftspark
ClioSport Club Member
R53 GR86
It would be a shame to break it as its such a great car, are you changing cars (another make) or building a V6.?
BMW Z4
Yes some things in life are a shame but I get as much if not more enjoyment out of the project as I do racing the car! I have many options ranging from not racing at all (getting married next year and also buying a house too) too buying a SeatCupra, to selling my car, to selling bits off my car so I can build something new.
Out of all those choices I have a mind to build in my personal style a RHD Clio cup car using my engine.
shiftspark
ClioSport Club Member
R53 GR86
Yes it's very rewarding building your own car and then racing it and it has been very quick too.
Good luck next weekend !
Good luck next weekend !
BMW Z4
So My oil leak from the sump was masking an oil leak from the gearbox. Essentially the gripper has been machined incorrectly and leaks oil down the splines. The daft buggers have machined splines all the way down the shaft so oil leaks out underneath the sealing sleeve.
Renault Shaft
Gripper showing splines machined all the way down under the sleeve.
No O ring on shaft and oil leaks out under sleeve
Mark..
Renault Shaft
Gripper showing splines machined all the way down under the sleeve.
No O ring on shaft and oil leaks out under sleeve
Mark..
182cup & 172 racecar
Lol, clever.
Ohhh foook! I remember someone having a leak issue with their gripper at Oulton, If Fred see's this he will remember as I can't remember what they did to fix it
BMW Z4
I can't see how you can fix it short of a temp fix with silicone on the splines and im not paying 3 grand to use silicone to seal something up! It's machined incorrectly and I want my money back.
You could say i am slightly fucked off
Yeah it could of been a different leak to be fair but there was a JC5 gripper that was leaking lolI can't see how you can fix it short of a temp fix with silicone on the splines and im not paying 3 grand to use silicone to seal something up! It's machined incorrectly and I want my money back.
You could say i am slightly f**ked off
No definitely not! Ouch at 3k
Good on you mate and yes I can imagine!
Not good that a simple thing like that was missed during design, a simple groove cut into the splines for a O ring that would then seal against the inside of the sleeve would be the easiest fix. But as you say after paying that sort of ££ for a diff having to make repairs isnt good.
BMW Z4
That would not work as the splines go under the sleeve too, on the Renault design the section under the sleeve is a smooth tight fit to the sleeve..
shiftspark
ClioSport Club Member
R53 GR86
That was a different problem James as the nut that holds the diff in had worked loose and pushed out the oil seal.
The spline thing isn't great you would have thought that would have been spotted when it was built.
The spline thing isn't great you would have thought that would have been spotted when it was built.
BMW Z4
An O.E ??
BMW Z4
Sadly some of the oil on track I WAS moaning about was down to me ROFL
BMW Z4
Bloody racing drivers
O.E original equipment
I will knock out that seal on my standard box to see how the shaft/sleeve is configured further down inside. The gripper has splines all the way down to the big nut.
